31 Amendments of Pascal CANFIN related to 2022/0394(COD)
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Union certification framework will support the development of carbon removal activities in the Union that result in an unambiguous net carbon removal benefit, while avoiding greenwashing. In the case of carbon farming, such certification framework should also encourage the uptake of carbon removal activities that generate co-benefits for biodiversity, therefore achieving the nature restoration targets set out in Union law on nature restoration. In light of the major role played by blue carbon ecosystems in the natural absorption of carbon, the Commission should also develop within this EU certification framework a specific methodology for including these ecosystems in eligible projects under the certification scheme, in particular to encourage Member States to include blue carbon initiatives in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). The Union certification framework will be instrumental in meeting the Union climate change mitigation objectives set in international agreements and in the Union legislation.
Amendment 164 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) The Commission should put in place careful planning and robust means to collect data on blue carbon capture and storage, such as adaptation strategies in the management and development plans of all coastal and marine sectors (aquaculture, fisheries, tourism, transport, etc.) including data-collection systems related to carbon sequestration and mapping of these ecosystems.
Amendment 171 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The second step for quantifying the net carbon removal benefit should consist of subtracting any increase in greenhouse gas emissions related to the implementation of the carbon removal activity. Relevant greenhouse gas emissions that should be taken into consideration include direct emissions, such as those resulting from the use of more fertilisers, fuel or energy, or indirect emissions, such as those resulting from land use change (which should be assessed against different food production scenarios in order to avoid disincentive projects in less intensive production), with consequent risks for food security due to displacement of agricultural production. A reduction in greenhouse gas emissions resulting from the implementation of the carbon removal activity should not be taken into account to quantify the net carbon removal benefit, but should be considered as a co-benefit towards the sustainability objective of climate change mitigation; by being reported on the certificates, decreases in greenhouse gas emissions (like the other sustainability co- benefits) can increase the value of the certified carbon removals.
Amendment 222 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Carbon removal activities have a strong potential to deliver win-win solutions for sustainability, even if trade- offs cannot be excluded. Therefore, it is appropriate to establish minimum sustainability requirements to ensure that carbon removal activities have a neutral impact or generate co-benefits for the sustainability objectives of climate change mitigation and adaptation, the protection and restoration of biodiversity and land- based, marine and coastal ecosystems, the sustainable use and protection of water and marine resources, the transition to a circular economy, and pollution prevention and control. Those sustainability requirements should, as appropriate, and taking into consideration local conditions, build on the technical screening criteria for Do Not Significant Harm concerning forestry activities and underground permanent geological storage of CO2, laid down in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/213928 , and on the sustainability criteria for forest and agriculture biomass raw material laid down in Article 29 of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council29 . Practices, such as forest monocultures, that produce harmful effects for biodiversity should not be eligible for certification. __________________ 28 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2139 of 4 June 2021 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing the technical screening criteria for determining the conditions under which an economic activity qualifies as contributing substantially to climate change mitigation or climate change adaptation and for determining whether that economic activity causes no significant harm to any of the other environmental objectives (OJ L 442, 9.12.2021, p. 1). 29 Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 82).
Amendment 377 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) ‘biogenic carbon pool’ means above-ground biomass, below-ground biomass, coastal and marine ecosystems, such as mangroves, salt marshes and seagrasses (blue carbon), litter, dead wood and soil organic carbon as set out in points (a) to (e) of Part B of Annex I to Regulation 2018/841;
Amendment 388 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) ‘operator’ means any legal or physical person who operates or controls a carbon removal activity on land or marine, or to whom decisive economic power over the technical functioning of the activity has been delegated;
Amendment 415 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) ‘carbon farming’ means a carbon removalstorage or reduction activity related to land managementor coastal management, agriculture or forestry that results in the increase of carbon storage in living biomass, dead organic matter and soils by enhancing carbon capture and/or reducing the release of carbon to the atmosphere while at the same time achieving biogenic emission reduction, such as methane and nitrous oxide reduction. For activities carried out in the livestock sector, carbon storage and reduction is assessed on a per hectare basis;
Amendment 425 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) ‘carbon farming activity’ means one or more practices or processes carried out by an operator resulting in carbon storage or emission reductions from carbon farming;
Amendment 428 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point h b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point h b (new)
(hb) ‘carbon farming storage’ means a carbon farming activity that stores atmospheric and biogenic carbon in living biomass, soils and dead organic matter as defined per carbon farming activity in the certification methodology;
Amendment 438 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(ia) 'carbon storage in marine and coastal ecosystems' means a carbon removal activity related to coastal and marine ecosystems management, that increases carbon storage in living biomass.
Amendment 452 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point o a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point o a (new)
(oa) ‘carbon farming storage unit’ means one tonne of certified net carbon farming storage benefit generated by a carbon farming activity and registered by a certification scheme.
Amendment 458 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point o b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point o b (new)
(ob) ‘carbon farming greenhouse gas reduction unit’ means one tonne of certified net greenhouse gas reduction benefit generated by a carbon farming activity and registered by a certification scheme;
Amendment 466 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Carbon removals shall be eligible for certificationand carbon farming shall respectively be eligible for certification under separate certification frameworks under this Regulation where they meet both of the following conditions:
Amendment 472 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) they are generated from a carbon removal activity or carbon farming activity that complies with the quality criteria set out in Articles 4 to 7;
Amendment 479 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
For carbon farming, Annex III provides a non-exhaustive list of examples of measures that might be eligible for certification, if managed correctly. The Commission shall review the list periodically and is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 16 to include further examples to the list in order to ensure that new and innovative practices are promoted.
Amendment 507 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. In the case of carbon farming, CRNet carbon benefit = [(CRtotal – CRbaseline) + (RGHGbaseline – RGHGtotal)] > 0 where: (a) CRbaseline is the carbon removals under the baseline and; (b) CRtotal shall be understood as net greenhouse gas removals or emissions in accordance with the accounting rules laid down in Regulation (EU) 2018/841. is the total carbon removals of the carbon removal; (c) RGHGbaseline is the release of direct and indirect GHG emissions under the baseline; (d) RGHGtotal is the release of direct and indirect GHG emissions under the carbon removal and carbon emission reduction activities; 2. A carbon farming activity shall provide a net carbon farming benefit, which shall be quantified using the following formula: Net carbon benefit = [(CRtotal – CRbaseline) + (RGHGbaseline – RGHGtotal)] > 0 where: (a) CRbaseline is the carbon removals under the baseline; (b) CRtotal is the total carbon removals of the carbon removal; (c) RGHGbaseline is the release of direct and indirect GHG emissions under the baseline; (d) RGHGtotal is the release of direct and indirect GHG emissions under the carbon removal and carbon emission reduction activities;
Amendment 514 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. A specific quantification must be established for carbon removal activities resulting from blue carbon ecosystems.
Amendment 559 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. A carbon removal activity and a carbon farming activity shall be additional. To that end, the carbon removal activity shall meet both of the following criteria:
Amendment 614 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. For carbon farming and carbon storage in products, the carbon stored by a carbon removalthe purpose of paragraph 1(a), the carbon stored shall be considered released to the atmosphere at the end of the permanence assessment period included in the certification methodology, provided the minimum monitoring period is respected, unless the operator or the group of operators renew the period by proving the continued and uninterrupted maintenance of carbon farming activity and monitoring. However, a carbon farming activity shall be consinot lead to a decred released to the atmosphere at the end ofased carbon sink, as defined in Regulation (EU) 2018/841, compared to the baseline beyond the monitoring period.;
Amendment 622 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. For carbon farming and carbon storage in products, the carbon stored by a carbon removal activity shall be considered released to the atmosphere at the end of the monitoring period, unless the relevant operator demonstrates the continuation of the activities.
Amendment 634 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) for industrial carbon storage and carbon storage in products only, climate change mitigation beyond the net carbon removal benefit referred to in Article 4(1);
Amendment 638 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) transition to a circular economyand bio- based economy, such as replacement of fossil-based products with bio-based products;
Amendment 642 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) protection and restoration of biodiversity and land-based, marine and coastal ecosystems.
Amendment 669 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Where an operator or group of operators report co-benefits that contribute to the sustainability objectives referred to in paragraph 1 beyond the minimum sustainability requirements referred to in paragraph 2, they shall comply with the certification methodologies set out in delegated acts referred to in Article 8. The certification methodologies shall incentivise as much as possible the generation of co-benefits going beyond the minimum sustainability requirements, in particular for the objective referred to in paragraph 1, point (f). For carbon farming activities, the net carbon storage and reduction benefit referred in Article 4(1) shall be multiplied by a sustainability weighing factor differentiating the levels of ambitions refereed to in paragraph 1, point (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f), based on clear indicators to be defined by delegated acts no later than one year after the entry into force of this legislation.
Amendment 767 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 a (new)
Article 9 a (new)
Article 9a Use of certificates Where carbon removal or carbon farming units are used to contribute to stated climate objectives, such units shall not be double counted. Any use of certificates shall ensure the highest integrity of climate mitigation, and shall not lead to increased greenhouse gas emissions. Carbon removal units and carbon farming units shall remain distinct from each other. Carbon farming units must not be used to count as compensations or contributions towards any fossil fuel- based greenhouse gas emissions.
Amendment 806 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – title
Article 12 – title
The EU Negative Carbon Registriesy
Amendment 814 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. A certification schemeThe European Commission shall establish and duly maintain a public registry to make publicly accessible the information related to the certification process, including the certificates and updated certificates, and the quantity of carbon removal units and carbon farming units certified in accordance with Article 9. Those registriesy shall use automated systems, including electronic templates, and shall be interoperable. All information and data entering the registry should be publicly available and easily downloadable.
Amendment 875 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 c (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. The European Commission shall examine the options for laying down market-based obligations for food refiners and food processors to take greater responsibility for emissions in their food supply chain, and shall, if appropriate, no later than 12 months after the entry into force of this Regulation present a legislative proposal to this effect, setting obligations and criteria for their purchase of certificates generated from carbon farming activities However, this proposal should not, under any circumstances, put any constraint to whom certificates generated from carbon farming activities could be sold to.
Amendment 888 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point k b (new)
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point k b (new)
(kb) rules on the differentiation of level of sustainable co-benefits referred to in Article 7(1) and the sustainable weighing factor attached.
Amendment 923 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II a (new)
Annex II a (new)